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<br /> <br />0;)13j7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br />l1u --=:=- -::;::"" ...,... ~\o'" <br />REA.UOF RECL"'''''' <br />WeslcmColoroJoAreaOffiee <br />GrandJlI1ICtion.Colorado <br />Ed Wamcr(970)24S-0654 <br />For Rc1casc Junc 27, 2000 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JUN 29 ?Mn <br /> <br />"'. <br />c_"..,..... <br /> <br />Reclamation 10 Lower F1o",~ in San Juan Ri~'er <br />bclow ;o.;a~'aio Reservoir for 5-day Tt~1 <br /> <br />The Bure:\u of Rcclamalion has announced it win reduce releases from :-la~ajn Reservoir inlo we <br />San Juan Rivcr for 5 d:\ys from Mond3Y, July 10 through Friday, July 14. The releases, <br />currently 01 500 cubic fed per second (cfsl. will be reduced \0 250 cfs for the 5 days. The <br />purpose of the lest is lO analyze polentiol impactS the low llowS may ha veonlhcrivcr, <br />recreation,anddiversions\l'llctures. <br /> <br />Reclamation will coordinale the ICst with the fly fishennen, recreationiSls, water users. City of <br />Famtingtonand the Slate of}.ltw Mexico. Reclamation statTwil1 monitor the conditions on thc <br />river before, during, and aftcr the tcst. \\ltenthe S_daytesl is over, releases from Navajo <br />Reservoirwillbc gradually incre'Jsed until they are back at the 500 cfslcve1. <br /> <br />Sunday, July 9 <br />~londay,JulyIO, <br /> <br />Lo~'F1o~Rcl...a....S(b(dule <br />500 cubic fect per second (cfs) <br /> <br /> <br />Saturday, July IS <br /> <br />7a.m, 400cfs <br />9 a.m. 300cfs <br />II a.m. 2S0cfs <br />7a.m 37Scfs <br />9 a.m. SOOe~ <br /> <br />The test is part of Reclamalion's environmenlal re~icw process for a draft Environmental Impact <br />Statemcnt they arc prcparing on the Operations of Navajo Reservoir. Year round minimum <br />flows of250 cfs ha~e been recommended by the San Juan River BasIn Recovery ImplementatiOn <br />Program to hctp eonscrve the endangered Colorado pikeminnow and T370rback suck cr. <br /> <br />Approximately 80 people attended a June 12 public meetillg Reclamalion held in Farmillglon, <br />Ncv.' Mexico, to discUSS we proposed test and to ~cive comments and eonccms from the public. <br /> <br />If you have questions Of need more infonnation, contact Ed Warncr at 97D-2~S.06S4; (from <br />July 9th through July 14lh Ed can be reached at 97D-260-S368). <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />" , <br /> <br />